First Sunday Photo in Georgetown @ 3307 M Street NW! June Edition!

May 2026 Race Highlights

Congrats to all that had races in May!

We had a lot of fun traveling to Pittsburgh, PA as WRC fielded two teams for the marathon relay as well as a few doing the half marathon on 5/3. 

Pittsburgh Marathon Relay Results-

The first team consisted of Alina Korovatskaya, Rahul Nandi, Mike Zimlinghaus, Katie Beaudoin and Ryan Simethy with a time of 3:08:34 averaging 7:12 min/mi- 13th OA out of 709. The second team included Daltyn Payne, Daniel Eisert, Lawson Kennan and Katie Freix with a time of 2:53:03 avg time 6:36 min/mi- 9th OA out of 709. Katie and Daltyn subbed in on legs for Ben Stutts and Eric due to injury (*cheering them on for quick recovery!). 

Pittsburgh Half Marathon Results–

Kat Moore 2:28:55 11:27 min/mi (not far off from 2024 results 2:24:16 11:01 min/mi! pats self on back hehe)

Henry Wade 1:56:25 8:54 min/mi (also not too far from last year’s time! 1:50:21 8:26 min/min- yay!)

Harrison Welsher 2:29:37 11:26 min/mi and first half marathon!

Rachael Cohen 2:30:32 11:30 min/mi (did you know that last year Rachael did a leg of the marathon relay and the half!)

Alana Quinn 3:09:26 14:28 min/mi first time doing Pittsburgh half and Manuel Figallo running together 3:09:24 14:28 min/mi – Manuel also recovering from injury and doing great!

Pittsburgh is a hilly course! Way to go everyone!

5k Results- 

Scott Kavoogian completed his first parkrun at College Park parkrun with a time of 17:02 1st in AG and 2nd OA.

James Scarborough did the Tidal Basin Run 5k with a time of 30:27 3rd OA and Bishops Port City Mother’s day 5k 28:23. 

Some other exciting races coming from James included Bishops Night Raiders 10k, PVTC track one mile and Howard County Striders All Fruit Relay!

In other traveling race news, later in May was the Vermont City Marathon on 5/24.

Vermont City Marathon Results-

Sergey Volcov, 3:43:41 with his 4th marathon in 2026 as well as getting to see his son Leo finish his first marathon!

And Daltyn and Alina PR’d in the marathon by 6 minutes and 16 minutes respectively.

Daltyn Payne 2:56:46 breaking his first sub 3 hour marathon- WTG.

Alina Korovatskaya 3:43:05 after breaking sub 4 hour at MCM last fall.

Way to go everyone!

XO Kat (See you Sunday!)

Justin Timberlake would be so happy because it’s finally May! (Lol)

First Sunday Photo in Georgetown @ 3307 M Street NW!

(Photo brought to you by John Smilde (who was the run starter) and chatGPT with two merged photos- crafty!)

Some of us were also in Pittsburgh for the Pittsburgh Marathon Weekend.

We had two marathon relay teams and 4 half marathoners!

April 2026 Race Highlights

Congrats to all that had races in April! Spring racing was in full swing.

Congrats to our Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run team. Our team was 5th out of 19 teams in the DMV Run Club Championships Mixed Division, Woohoo! Our top scorers were Tyler Speers (56:50), Scott Kavoogian (58:46), Daniel Eisert (1:00:18) Alina Korovatskaya (1:18:12) and Katie Beuadoin (1:28:25). Many of our team members/WRC members PR’d and/or had a very great run! WTG!

Cherry Blossom 10 miler

Other races (to name a few)- Frithjov Iversen- Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k Richmond VA 51:04, James Scarborough- Tidal Basin Run Earth Day 5K, Arlington VA, 31:13, 2nd place, Tony Lopacki- Toledo Mercy – Half Marathon (2nd in age group), Kat Moore- Healthcare Access Maryland’s 5k for the Health of it! 31:29 and Sheetz to Sheetz Trail Run (14 miles) 03:16:36 and Congrats to those that did the Boston Marathon– Rahul Nandi- 2:56:06 (consistently running sub 3 hour marathons!), Christine Brune 4:27:11 and Jeff Brune 3:00:18!

XO Kat (See you Sunday!)

First Sunday Photo in Georgetown @ 3307 M Street NW!

Everyone was pumped for the first day of March- the 60th day of the year!

February 2026 Race Highlights

Congrats to all that had races in February! In Feb we bring back feats of strength!

February was a cold one! Glad to see that people were still out there getting after it!

Congrats to Sergey Volcov! His 2nd marathon of the year- Mississippi River Marathon, Lake Village, Arkansas to Greenville, MS 3:46:49 (avg pace 8:39min/mi)- WTG! James Scarborough at Hawk Indoor Half Marathon, Arlington VA, 2:14:30, CBRC Trail Race (4 miles), Calvert Cliffs State Park, MD, 59:22 (among other races)- Nice! And this month, Kat’s feat of strength was to try to keep up with Daniel Eisert at shake run! 😂

Also, please don’t forget to check out the latest edition of John’s Racing Times and add your runs to the spreadsheet!

XO Kat (See you Sunday!)

First Sunday Photo in Georgetown @ 3307 M Street NW! It’s been a cold February so far but we are powering through! (picture a muscles emoji hehe)

January 2026 Race Highlights

Congrats to all that had races in January!

Wow- Congrats to Sergey Volvoc at the Daufuskie Island Marathon at Hilton Head, SC 4:10:39 (avg pace 9:34), Frithjov Iversen at the 12th Annual FitDC Fresh Start 5k 25:29 (avg pace 8:12) 5th in M6069 and James Scarborough at the PVTC Indoor Track 3K, Arlington VA, 17:37 5th place and Tidal Basin Run 5K, Arlington VA, 31:36 6th place (amongst other races)! Job well done!!

XO Kat (See you Sunday!)

First Sunday Photo in Georgetown @ 3307 M Street NW! Happy New Year!

December 2025 Race Highlights

Congratulations to all that had races!

Rocket City Marathon- Thomas Stevenson 04:01:00 (avg pace 9:12 min/mi), Sergey Volcov 03:48:00 (avg pace 8:42 min/mi), Anna Weber 05:01:17 (avg pace 11:29 min/mi). Good work! Hope it was a rocket of a good time!

Other Races: James Scarborough Tidal Basin New Years Eve 8k 52:18 (avg pace 10:31 min/mi), 3rd place OA, PVTC Christmas Caper 5k 29:25 (avg pace 9:28 min/mi), 1th OA,

XO Kat (See you Sunday!)

First Sunday Photo in Georgetown @ 3307 M Street NW!

First Sunday Photo and Run of Infamy

November 2025 Race Highlights

Congratulations to all that had races! Looks like many people kicked the stuffing out of their turkey trots this November! Gobble gobble! And many had awesome other races too!

Richmond Marathon Weekend- There was a solid group in Richmond on the weekend of the 15th! Ryan Simethy completed his first marathon- 4:25:04 (10:07min/mi avg) coached by Rahul Nandi. Mike Zinlinghaus, marathon 3:24:31 (7:48min/mi avg), fast. Katie Beaudoin, half marathon 1:56:08 (8:52min/mi avg)- a PR. Katie Freix- 1:46:42 (8:06min/mi avg) had a great half marathon and Eric had a suberb half marathon. Kat Moore completed her first 8k- 0:50:50 (10:14min/mi avg). Awesome work by all!

Turkey Trots- John Smilde, Vienna Turkey Trot- 28:06 (9:03min/mi avg), Christine Hackman, Thanksgiving Stuffing Stomp 5k- 28:23 (9:08min/mi avg) 1st F60-69, James Scarborough, HCS Jefferes Hill Turkey Trot 10K 1:00:49 (9:47min/mi avg), Frithjov Iversen, Fairfax Turkey Trot 4 Miler 31:42 (7:56 min/mi avg) 1st M65+ and Daniel Eisert, Turkey Day 5k Reston, Va 18:17 (5:53min/mi avg) 3rd M25-29 and his first race since the Pittsburgh Marathon Relay (WTG!).

More- Sergey Volcov- NCR Marathon, Kat Moore- Virtual Norfolk Harbor Half, Christine Hackman, Jack T Farrer Jr. Fill the Shoes 5k- 27:30 (8:52min/mi avg) 2nd F60-64, James Scarborough Tidal Basin Run Veterans Day 4M 37:56 (9:29min/mi avg) 2nd place.

XO Kat (See you Sunday!)